Browsing School of Civil and Construction Engineering by Author "Ashford, Scott A."

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Effects of Ground Failure on Bridges, Roads, and Railroads

Ledezma, Christian; Hutchinson, Tara; Ashford, Scott A.; Moss, Robb; Arduino, Pedro; Bray, Jonathan D.; Olson, Scott; Hashash, Youssef M. A.; Verdugo, Ramon; Frost, David; Kayen, Robert; Rollins, Kyle (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, 2012-06)

The long duration and strong velocity content of the motions produced by the 27 February 2010 Maule earthquake resulted in widespread liquefaction and lateral spreading in several urban and other regions of Chile. In par ...
Effects of soil slope on the lateral capacity of piles in cohesionless soils

Barker, Paul D. (Paul David) (2012-03-12)

Deep foundations, including driven piles, are used to support vertical loads of structures and applied lateral forces. Many pile supported structures, including bridges, are subjected to large lateral loads in the form ...
TopCAT – Topographical Compartment Analysis Tool to analyze seacliff and beach change in GIS

Olsen, Michael J.; Young, Adam P.; Ashford, Scott A. (Elsevier, 2012-08)

This paper discusses the development of a new GIS extension named the Topographic Compartment Analysis Tool (TopCAT), which compares sequential digital elevation models (DEMs) and provides a quantitative and statistical ...